With a procession of international filmmakers, movie stars, programmers, film critics, and passersby filing through the streets of Toronto during TIFF ’17, you were guaranteed to overhear some interesting things. TIFF recruited Franziska Barczyk to keep her ear to the ground as she created a series of uniquely designed GIFs. In this illustrated gallery, check out what everyone from Helen Mirren to Drake had to say about the craziness of the Festival and why movie-watching in Toronto is an experience unlike any other.

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